"Medicare for All" sound like a simple idea: Everyone in the US would receive comprehensive healthcare coverage from the government.ย The reality of implementing that idea is far more complex. It would represent the biggest reshaping of the $3.5 trillion US healthcare system in more than half a century.
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By Business Insider
| August 14, 2019
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